Loosening a previously strict policy meant to encourage Virginia political candidates to file their legally required paperwork on time, the State Board of Elections on Tuesday approved a 10-day extension for any would-be candidate who failed to meet the April 6 filing deadline to run in state or local primary elections. In 2021, the last General Assembly election year, a board made up of mostly different members refused to extend the filing deadline after being repeatedly asked to make exceptions for candidates and party officials who didn’t get legally required paperwork in on time. That decision meant several candidates challenging...Article Link

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A 23-year-old Henrico man is facing 30 charges related to crimes committed in early March at Washington Memorial Park in Sandston. Austin Curtis Robertson faces eight counts of grand larceny, three counts of petit larceny, eight counts of possessing stolen property with the intent to sell and 11 counts of injuring a church or cemetery. In early March, park administrators reported that hundreds of items had been stolen from the cemetery, resulting in several thousands of dollars in losses. The cemetery is located in the 6200 block of Memorial Drive. With assistance from the public, detectives identified Robertson as a...Article Link

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Twenty students from the Collegiate School in Henrico traveled to the campus of Jackson-Feild Behavioral Health Services in Jarratt April 1 to transform the organization’s recreation center into a boutique filled with racks of formal dresses and tables overflowing with shoes, jewelry and make-up. It was all part of The Fairy Godmother program, through which students paired up with JFBHS residents to help them find ensembles that made them feel special. (Jackson-Field is a residential psychiatric treatment program that serves children 11-18 who suffer from severe mental illness.) When a girl found the perfect dress, laughter rang out and a...Article Link

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4503 McGill Street - 5,000, 1,008 SF (built in 1950), from DCDH Rentals & Real Estate LLC to Warren Jeffries and B. Buchanan-Jeffries. 9645 Greenmeadow Circle - 6,000, 1,220 SF (built in 1982), from Marjorie E. Bagby to Vikas Goel. 1686 Liberty Bell Court - 0,000, 1,280 SF (built in 1982), from Kirlow Corporation to Ingrid A. Lampert. 811 Haversack Hunt Way, Unit A - 8,440, 1,573 SF (built in 2023), from Stanley Martin Homes LLC to Angeline Lee, Luciawati and Budy Tjahjo. 1323 Camrose Road - 0,000, 1,588 SF (built in 1958), from Matthew S. Tovey to Edwin Gutierrez...Article Link

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Four members of Henrico County’s Board of Supervisors and one of its deputy county managers will serve on boards and committees of the Virginia Association of Counties in 2023. Officials received the following appointments: Board of Supervisors Chairman and Fairfield District representative Frank J. Thornton – Education Steering Committee and Nominations Operations Committee; Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman and Varina District representative Tyrone E. Nelson – Transportation Steering Committee; Brookland District Supervisor Daniel J. Schmitt, Community – Economic and Workforce Development Steering Committee; Tuckahoe District Supervisor Patricia S. O’Bannon – General Government Steering Committee and Region 3 representative on VACo’s...Article Link

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Sitting along the edge of Lucy Corr’s bustling dining room where dozens of residents were sitting, it was nearly impossible to tell that an entire wing of the nursing home was shut down because of low staffing levels. “We get referrals for people who need health care and we don’t take them and they have to get somewhere else because we’re understaffed,” said Derek Kendall, certified nursing assistant and CEO of Lucy Corr, which is a non-profit assisted living facility in Chesterfield. “They don’t get health care, they go home and are a burden to their children, or they go...Article Link

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Virginia’s public schools continue to face challenges transporting students to school amid ongoing bus driver shortages spurred by factors such as low pay and strict safety and retirement regulations. At the same time, divisions have also found creative ways to stay ahead of the driver shortage. Shannon Grimsley, superintendent of Rappahannock County Public Schools, said she is becoming a part-time bus driver in hopes of alleviating transportation barriers for students. “The best way for me to get in there to see what’s going on is to understand the whole process myself,” said Grimsley. Last school year, the Virginia Department of...Article Link

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Henrico County employees recently donated more than ,000 to Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU. Henrico officials formally made the donation of ,144 to hospital officials. Donations like the county’s helped fund the construction of CHoR’s new Children’s Tower, which recently opened and now will offer emergency, trauma and inpatient care, as well as the region’s only Level 1 trauma center. The space, which takes up a city block, has been designed to provide a unique kind of care in a space crafted specifically for children and their loved ones. It is located alongside the hospital’s existing Children’s Pavilion. CHoR’s...Article Link

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Students have violated behavioral standards on Henrico County school buses more than 830 times during the current school year, and those incidents have resulted in disciplinary action slightly more than two-thirds of the time, according to data obtained by the Henrico Citizen. The data shows that the most behavioral violations involving students at a single school between August 2022 and March 24 – 74 – occurred on buses that serve Hungary Creek Middle School. Thirty-six of those incidents resulted in disciplinary action, a total that was second only to the 47 involving Wilder Middle School students (among 54 cases of...Article Link

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Scrolling through UberEats offerings in the Richmond neighborhood of Shockoe Bottom can make the area seem like poultry heaven: The app shows six similar-looking chicken restaurants available to order from all within a stone’s throw of the community’s mainstreet. However, finding “Tender Luvin” or “CHIC CHICK” on foot is an impossible task. That’s because the six chicken joints are ghost kitchens — restaurants that only exist online. All six share almost identical menu items and come from the kitchen of one restaurant called CHIC’N & BEER, owned by entrepreneur and realtor Tysean Ford. “We just want to make sure that...Article Link

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